Hello gang, back with a new chapter for now. With the Switch hype on the horizon and a special GB race with a friend, there will be no big recap. But I can say that things are getting deeper than we've expected with the Legion, our favorite couple wants to get stronger, and the Rin Sisters have arrived to ruin things. That being said, let's get it on as Sylvia would say.
Everyone is now completely silent with the two unexpected intruders in their sight. These two were similar to Fei Rin in style and ethnicity, but they were far different with their choice of style and weaponry. One being a younger girl with a strange bun-like style that draped her shoulders and the other being an older girl with an Amidala-esqule style to it. The taller sister is not only glad that they were here, but had some important things to tell them about the Legion's true intentions. Isaac had no way to respond due to their initial hatred of him and remembered how few would rather want to speak with him around their sister.
"Rin! Ai! I've got something important to tell you!" The Legion.."
"Save it for later, sis. We know that these freaks were holding you hostage just to get information on the Legion. That's why we are here to take you back by force and steal one of their ships. Same thing goes for Isaac too since he's very important to your life," Rin Rin said.
Vyse is confused at the sisters last statement about holding them hostage.
"Hostage?" he said.
Isaac himself would be surprised that they actually refereed him by his name for once instead of the usual insult or "That boy".
"How about you not make false accusations of our captain like that, Premadonna. He took good care of your sister for a week and fed her after all the time she played "hard to get" just because of Isaac being in a coma. You should be thankful that we taken care of her in the first place instead of thinking we are bad people," Aika called.
The captain is relieved that his most trusted shipmate is sticking for him while telling these misled sisters that nothing bad happened at all.
"I bet you were planning on killing him while he was unconscious too. We are assassins and we know our enemies would always kidnap our allies before attempting to kill them. Don't make me laugh like I'm some fool," the middle sister replied with her flaming fans pointed at her.
"It's perfectly fine, sisters. I know you two missed me so. But these guys had taken cared of me. Can't you see that?" Fei Rin said in defense.
"Yeah, can't you whack girls get that through your own pea sized brains? No matter why we think Earthlings are stupid!" said the sassy Latisha said.
The human girls that surrounded her would be looking at her as if that statement was directly applied to them, including Gum and Sakura.
"What?" she asked.
Sonic and Knuckles both shake their head at the misunderstanding that is going on between the two.
"How about the two of you skedaddle if you aren't going to take anything we say serious. Who's the ones that saved your sister and her true love in the first place? Who tried to take care of her despite her defiance and his comatose? Who do you think agreed to take care of them when we know the Legion would not want to take them back from us without a serious attack on our group? So why don't you hussies be thankful for the things we are doing for her!" Gum snapped.
"Yeah, y'all are stupid!" Beat said.
Both Rin sisters were stunned by the harsh words of these urban styled rudies that disrespect the law for a living.
"Guys, did we really have to go that far? That's going give them a bad impression of us," Tails said in desperation.
"Well, someone's got to tell them that they aren't the sharpest chopsticks in the pack," Beat replied.
A loud cry can be heard from the same spot that alarmed the heroes.
"Now what? The shorter girl broke a nail or somethin'," Toejam said.
Ai Rin is now crying at the insults she received being the more emotional one compared to Rin Rin. Kiryu sighs at the damage that was done by the skating couple's attempts at defending their favors for their captives. She already dropped the Kapu Kapu on the floor just to cover her tear soaked face in shame to continue wailing like a baby. The orange cat creature got back on his feet just to see what upset his master.
"Kapu?" he said.
The Chuih was the first to notice the familiar foe before starting to panic.
"Chu chu chu!" he squeaked.
ChuBach and ChuPea wondered what he was freaking out about until they see it with their own eyes.
"Chu? Chu chuchuchu chu!" they both screeched in fear.
The ChuChu Master Mech now jumps from its seat between Alex and Schezo in fear, scrambling towards the back.
"You guys, what seems to be the problem?" the swordsman asked.
It took one glance just for the KapuKapu Leader to pick up a familiar scene as she continues crying. The orange space cat had the feeling he recognized this smell before from Red Canyon.
"You guys are so mean to me. All we wanted was to get our sister back too," Ai Rin sobbed with her tear soaked hands covering both eyes.
Meanwhile, the middle sister is still twitching her right eye in annoyance at that last statement towards her and she still had her fans flaming in just for someone to get burned.
Those fools are going to get fried like game fowl once I get my hands on them. No one calls me stupid, I'm the female boss up in this bitch.
"For the last time, we are completely innocent. There is no way we wanted to kill your sister even if we were given the chance. We come in peace. Just put the weapon down and we can talk this out like adults," Blaze asked.
The hotheaded sister was in no mood to back down after she was insulted and her younger sister is hurt from their careless words.
"We are police after all. I suggest you put the weapon down now and nobody gets hurt. You can reunite with your family and things can.."
"Shut the hell up!" she yelled.
The blonde cop knew that she would get volatile towards his attempts at peaceful negotiation.
"Can't you see we are apologizing on the behalf of our friend? Are you going to take it or leave it. All we are trying to do is make things better," the young kid with the dinosaur cap said.
Max knew something had to be said even if it would risk him getting hurt.
"Then you should have thought about that before you made my sister cry, you heartless fools. Now burn!" the assassin shouts angrily.
She threw her massive flaming fan without hesitation at the table in front of her. The Umbran Witch sighs in annoyance as the flaming projectile approach her back.
"Look out Bayonetta!" Amy yelled.
She however is the least afraid since one Witch Time is all she need to stop her assault. She instantly backflipped over the flaming fan to stop everything around her in a dimension of time of space briefly. During this moment is where she would use one of her elongated legs to kick the fan's exposed handle as it slowly spun below her. This would redirect the fan into a slow counterclockwise motion as she remains airborne from her flip.
"Let's see if you can dodge this, spoiled brat," she said.
Time would return to normal once Bayonetta lands on her two feet with her chair kicked back in the same direction. The shocked heroes broke from their immobility to see that some things were a little different before Witch Time interfered. The incoming chair and fan heads their course toward the angry Rin Rin that didn't expect her own attack to be deflected like this.
"Damn!" she utters.
She quickly swung her other fan with her left arm to block the incoming attack and knocked the chair into the air with a quick kick. This quick plan would lead to the chair and flaming fan to rise into the air rapidly until gravity affected its course.
"Is this seriously happening? We are having a fight in this room because of a misunderstanding?" Arle complains.
Ai Rin continues crying without any care to the scene that is happening around him or the possible danger that would happen. The devious Kapu Kapu keep sniffing around with hints of the ChuChu to find his long waited meal of mice after the fall of his men back in Red Mountain. The yellow eyes of this creature were blank like most species, but had tracers of determination to match his mission. Bayonetta saw that the efforts of her attack came to a less desired result, seeing the chair and fan falling back from their elevation above the angry assassin.
"You had the nerve to play such a dirty trick on me of all people. I think you should be the first person that should burn by my hands, witch," she says with an unnerving anger.
"Who are you to talk when you were the one wanting to attack when we wanted to resolve peacefully? Darling, you are making a fatal mistake if you think you can mess with a witch," Bayonetta replied.
With the spinning fan falling down upon her hand, Rin Rin grabs it just in time by the handle thanks to her reflexes to her surprise. The falling chair that was close to crushing her meets an infernal end with an overhead dual fan strike she did with the hottest flames possible. Vyse couldn't feel any less insulted that that one chair for a big meeting room like this was destroyed by her, a huge sign of disrespect after he was nice enough to take care of her sister and future brother-in law.
"You do realize how hard it was more me to buy extra chairs for this room? You, young lady, are going to have to pay for that once we park this ship!" he yells.
"Of all the things you had to worried about, its this room losing a meaningless chair and not the fact that she wants to violently burn us for "stealing" her precious sister," Harrier replies.
The flaming remains of the steel chair scattered around the assassin's feet, melting into piles of gray residue to highlight the enraged assassin with an ominous monochrome white for her. The scene is now in the vein of a Mexican bandit showdown between the two highly trained, experienced female fighters. Bayonetta would take out a lollipop she had been saving for this occasion just to savor the sweet cherry flavor that would suit her victory. Rin Rin has the impression that she is eating candy at a time like this and not taking her serious as an opponent highly insulting.
"How about you drop the candy and actually fight you like mean it. This is between you and me since you think you have what it takes to fight a top assassin like me!" she yells.
The witch could only take out her guns with the lollipop still held by her crimson red lips, showing that she was indeed ready to show her what it means to be an Umbran Witch.
"My, aren't you the impatient one. At least I can give you credit for wanting a fight instead of drawing out drivel like those Heavenly Virtues. That I can congratulate you for, Darling," she remarks.
"Save the small talk for later, you know that I have a bone to pick with you. But I can't say the same for someone with a ridiculous sense of fashion. Like what are those supposed to be draping from your back, extra locks of fake hair? You are like a big fur fanatic who screws up the point by combining those elements with a catsuit," Rin Rin replies.
The arrogant smile Bayonetta original had disappeared upon hearing her words. Jeanne could tell this was not going to end well knowing it wasn't a wise decision for her to hear these words. Amy had the bad feeling that this would lead to something very terrible talking down on her fashion choice.
"Is dat girl serious? Havin' the nerve to make fun of her suit like that? You can tell things are goin' to become a catfight in this peace," Toejam exclaims.
"Uh TJ, you do seem a bit too enthusiastic about girls fighting when it wasn't supposed to happen," Earl said.
"That's right, I have to admit that your sloppy style is enough to tell me you care little about the way you carry yourself. And what about those tacky gun heels? It's not like you are supposed to be a living swiss army woman or anything. Even I can keep my fans below my skirt in a way that doesn't stick out like a sore action figure," Rin Rin states with her fan pointed at her.
The anger grows within the witch's head, leading to tightening the grip around both guns and her legs uncrossing into a more serious stance. Both Gunstar soldiers can tell from these gestures that she is no longer going easy on her for these words.
"I wouldn't go any close to her if I were you. Let's just watch and see where things go from here," BD Joe says nervously.
"Who said anything about getting close? I am staying here this whole time in case bullets are going to fly everywhere. That crazy chick tossing her fan at us was already scary enough and now we have something worse to look forward to!" Billy freaked.
"Billy, is this the type of stuff you dealt with every day since the time we last seen each other?" a slightly afraid Rolly asks.
Sonic really wanted to stop this fight from happening with his eyes on the two, hoping that nothing too violent happens where everyone is sitting here.
"Hold on there Sonic. How about we just watch before you interfere. I would like to see how she fights herself. Maybe getting a chuckle out of Chun Li here thinking she is the strongest woman on the block," the echidna called to his friend.
"You have no idea what you plan on awakening with these words. I suggest you don't resort to any more crass insults about the Umbran style that I've chosen. Think of this as your last warning," the witch said in a stern tone.
Despite her words, the Chinese assassin had other plans now that her attention is focused on her next iconic trait: which is her hair itself. The smug smirk could only give her a visual cue that it was far from over for her.
Joe quickly took out his kunai knifes in case anything serious is about to unfold out of this incoming fight before him.
"What are you planning to do, Joe? It's a one-on-one fight between them. That would be disrespectful to both of them," Akira said.
"Disrespectful on not, I refuse to put us all in harms way because of an intruder trying to upset one of our strongest members here. Not only that, but you have to remember we have some non-combatants that could get hurt in the process," the serious ninja replied.
The androgynous hooded mage would slowly get his hands ready knowing the damage can easily be prevented with his best magical shield.
"Good thinking, I'd say you know what to do when things get to aggressive here. I can already tell from the intense rage that I sense from her. That woman is making a grave mistake taunting a powerful being like her," Alis said.
Vyse is tempted to make any means possible to call any one to lessen the impact for the incoming violence. His allies Fina and Aika hopes that this fight won't result in more serious damage to the room itself or even the screen they need for communication.
"Rin Rin, that's enough! You are going too far with this. I am perfectly fine and they have taken good care of me. What will it take to convince you to stop? This isn't funny anymore," Fei Rin called.
Isaac can only watch as the two girls prepare their scuffle over what is the right way of taking care of him and Fei. He already saw how scary Bayonetta can be when going all out in the aerial fight and seeing that happen here can only give goosebumps to him now.
"Enough of the lies, Fei Rin. These guys took you hostage after you very well could have plunged into the ocean. Can't you see that we are here to take you back ourselves? And I would care less if we don't know where the Legion since the only thing they said is that we should do away with the heroes while they were weak. They've already tried contacting you earlier and had the sinking suspicion that that you grew attached to them. Just thinking of the possibility of Stockholm Syndrome clutching at your brain sickens my frail heart. You seriously can't think changing sides like this is healthy for a cold blooded assassin like you. We were meant to serve the Black Baron's orders since Day 1 and so were you. And here I am being confronted by this laughable lanky librarian "witch" with the stupidest beehive hairstyle I've ever seen and a ridiculous moon brooch covering her rack. Snap out of it and come back to the ship with us!" the middle sister replies loudly.
The older sister knew there was no getting to her now that she's riled up for a fight, or even her own personal kill count at this point.
"Now she's done it. Look at her, she's already reaching her breaking point," Schezo called.
He then noticed the orange space cat charging at him to reach the shivering robot full of space mice.
"Kapu Kapu Kapu Kapu Kapu Kapu!" he hissed.
The Chu Chu Master Mech could only turn for the glass revealing the frightened ChuChu seeing their worst nightmare heading this way for a quick snack. All four mice let out a bloodcurdling screech that heard outside the glass as a muffled incomprehensible noise starling their neighbors. The approaching space predator could only ignore the surprised stares he receive from his pursuit of the culprits behind his fallen men.
"What is that thing? Some kind of cat?" Honey asked.
"That looks far too ugly to be a cat. Especially with his obvious lack of arms," Ryo replied.
Zephyr knew that familiar cry reminded him of something that he faced not too long ago and saw the one making it with the turn of his chair.
"It's that ugly space cat that we've seen in Red Mountain and he wants the ChuChus as a meal!" he said.
"You know that thing? It's definitely a bit ugly for a cat if it is one," Vashyron replied.
The older man had little idea or familiarity of it due to not being on Zephyr's side at the time. Big wonders why the ChuChu's where trying to squeeze past his large purple body with little process behind what was going on.
"What are you guys doing? You want something to eat that fast," the slow cat asked.
G and Zephyr had their guns to fire at the voracious creature that desired their furry friends in the mech.
"Whoah, be careful with the guns guys! It's already enough that something is about to.."
A loud snapping can be heard within the room.
"Did I just hear something?" Dedede asked.
Kirby had awoken from this sound and yawns from the slumber he had within the last minute or so.
"Poyo?" the puffball said.
The sounds indeed came from Bayonetta, in fact, it originated from her jaw breaking the lollipop's lower half in anger. The white broken stick had already fallen in front of her spaced out feet and rolls slightly to the left from the impact. The other half of the lollipop remains in her grimaced mouth, which showcase the burning rage that engulfs her formerly sassy composure. Rin Rin smirks at this now that she hits her opponent where it hurts the most with her words. The next thing that happens is her spitting the other half against the wall as if it were a bullet. The impact was loud enough to even get everyone's attention again, with the remaining stick completely flatten and sharps of the ruby red confection flying everywhere. If this wasn't enough proof of her anger, then that incident should definitely sell the picture. The Kapu Kapu leaps at the panicking ChuChus that fail to get past Big for safety with their jaws ready.
"Kapuuuuuuuuuuu!" it screeched with shining eyes of death.
G and Zephyr still has their guns ready to shoot not that he is inches away from attacking them.
"Now!"
Instead, Big snatched the attacker in time with one hand.
The ChuChus were already flinched from the lunge with their pint sized eyes closed from the attack. Shivering and backed against the walls of their cockpit, Big probably knew that they were afraid for a good reason. G and Zephyr lowered their guns and let out a big sigh in relief.
"Good going Big. I knew that I can count on you," Beat said across the table.
Sonic could only shrug with Knuckles smiling that one of their friends, even if he's not the sharpest tool in the shed, saved the ChuChus from their fanged attacker. It only took a brief minute for the KapuKapu leader to notice that he can no longer approach the glass and wonder why he wasn't moving any more.
"Kapu?" he said in confusion.
Even Kirby is confused as to what he was doing to begin with.
"You had the nerve to try to mess with my friends, you bad kitty," the larger cat said.
The creature can only turn to the angry purple feline that holds him prisoner for now. Chuih was the first to open his eyes and see that they were only inches from being eaten thanks to their big friend saving the day.
"Chu? Chuchuchu!" he squeaked.
The other three captains opened their eyes to see the ironic spectacle before letting out sighs themselves.
"Looks like Big's got himself a new furry friend to hold for now," Max said with a smile.
Chomp did a laugh-snarl to express how funny the situation was like his master.
"What's funnier is the fact that he's a cat just like him. Sure I've heard of cases where cats fight a lot, but for a cat to hold another cat hostage? This is very weird," Rex said in confusion.
"As if this whole trip you are about to take isn't weird enough, kid. You haven't seen the weirdest yet. Even our entire trip to free you and your dinosaur pals was weird enough," a disgruntled Kiryu said.
"I don't know about you guys, but somethings about to happen over there," Zoe said.
Bayonetta now points both guns at the fans wielding girl before her, now with the intent of making her pay for knocking her style as a mere mortal. Her glasses covered eyes are now intensely staring as the smug Asian assassin that have the nerves of steel, or perhaps nerves that compensates for something else. Her legs now completely widened into a familiar pose with the hairy entails flowing behind her shoulders, things were about to square down before them. Jeanne knowingly smiles that her ally is ready to teach this girl why no one survives fighting with a witch like her.
This will be interesting. You go get her Cereza.
"Well love, I was hoping to spare you a fight and now you tossed that opportunity away like the lollipop I've wanted to enjoy. You do talk big for someone with a hairstyle that is far more ridiculous than my own. You can't be fashion critic when you are simply a carnival sideshow in comparison. I mean the dress itself is so boring that I'd rather watch paint dry than stare at it any long. Speaking of which, you need more paint on that look of yours when you are living concept art in comparison to me. It's actually quite embarrassing, don't you think?" she said.
It already Rin Rin's turn to receive her end of the burn and it quite stung well after she felt it. It was one thing to talk about her expensive beautiful hairstyle, but to say her monochromatic appearance was incomplete for a human girl just burns that desire to kill. Her narrow dark eyes now lusts for blood right after the massive fans completely lit with bright flames.
"Now you really going to burn like the witch you are. Die!" she yells in rage.
The assassin charges dead at her with both flaming fans outstretched for an attack. Bayonetta jumps at her with her guns ready for a bloodbath of a life time.
"Stop!" Fei Rin called in protest.
It was too late now that the two were definitely fired up for an intense fight. Vyse only called for drastic measures to warn everyone within the room to give them room.
"Everyone, get away from the epicenter of the attack. There's no getting to them," he yelled.
"But what about the crying one? Shoudn't we save her?" Aika said.
"Get away from me! Let my cry in peace, you ugly rat!" Ai Rin cries.
Turned out Sonic already snatched her just time with his speed despite how having to deal with an emotional young girl trying to break from his overhead grip.
"Already ahead of you," he said unenthusiastically.
The first clash between the two is between the connection of powerful legs, appropriate given their respective experience in close combat. The two queens of combat glare at her other intensely from this first strike between them, both angry for the same reason.
"Very clever. How does it feel to face my kicks instead of getting roasted first?" Rin Rin said.
"Better than having to hear your toxic mouth again. Now let me break those lips this once," Bayonetta threatened.
The two switched into another fast kick that connects again, causing another blast of force across the table. Kirby is blown away in the direction of the heroes that already walked past Big and Sonic with their captives. The same force also blew the hair of these heroes as well, with Columns' flying into the direction opposite of her curious lover.
"Damn, that was a strong force if I haven't felt one," the taxi driver said.
"So this is what you deal with on a daily basis? The type of crazy women you run into," the green haired Axel complains.
"Trust me buddy, she's far from the craziest one here," he replies.
More powerful kicks between between the two to blow similar gusts towards the direction of their retreating friend. Isaac covers his face as did Fei to resist the blasts that pushed them. Kirby once again flies in the direction of Vyse while screaming, leading the latter to duck before he collides with him. Knuckles covers his face like Amy did with these subsequent forces blowing against them. These gusts did little to stop the crying Ai Rin from beating Sonic's head to prompt him to drop her.
"Just watch it, miss. You want to crack me open for keeping you safe?" he asked.
"She's definitely matching her well in strength when everything's getting blown," Alex Kidd said.
"Alex, that witch is without a doubt very scary. How can you live aboard the same ship with her," Princess Stella said.
A dizzy Kirby wobble around from these blasts under the screen with Fina watching him in concern. She knew that this wasn't the time to heal him since he's far from severely injured from the draft, looking back to the two fighters in the back.
"Someone needs to get them some place else unless people will get hurt," she said.
It took one kick to blow the Asian assassin back into the wall from the angry witch, without the door to break her knockback at all. The heavy slam on the steel wall struck Rin Rin's back, causing her to gasp for air from the sudden impact.
Damn it, it all! Now I'm definitely honored to kick this bitch's ass.
Bayonetta dashes through the door to reach the wall for their heated fight continue.
"Well, at least this won't be damaging the room anymore," Big said while holding a struggling Kapu Kapu.
"Except we have to stop them before they cause any internal damage to the ship. We can't just stand here and watch," Vyse ordered.
"Don't you have any guards or security gates to activate to lock them somewhere?" Isaac suggest.
"We don't have that. This ship is advanced, but not G.U.N. levels of advanced. We just have to send some of you out there to monitor them," he responded.
"Just great, did you not think things through with this whole thing? Like seriously, what can we do to possibly stop them," Mobo barked.
Then sounds of gunfire and flames would disrupt the current conversation, loud enough for them to hear from within this room. Amy could tell that things did not sound good and it would be dangerous to try calming them down now.
"Should we at least send a message to Selvaria right now? They would know what to do," She said.
"Enough, then allow me to get out there and take care of her. It sickens me to see this much violence with no reason or honor," Segata said.
With his tone and the way he got up, the heroes knew that he wanted this to stop by his own hands. The halls are now a complete warzone of flying bullets and flaming fans with the two fighting queens going at her other. With every shot Bayonetta fires, Rin Rin does and deflects with her free fan. She knew better than to toss more than one fan to leave her complete defenseless to the witch's ranged tactics. The witch then lunges in her Panther Within form to surprise her with two heavy paws outstretched. She roars during this leap as her fangs await biting her vulnerable flesh.
"Doesn't matter what form you are. You can't surprise me at all!" the assassin yells.
She jumps at the panther with her left fan ready for her next powerful strike. She eventually spirals in a circular motion to fan the flames in the black big cat's face. Despite her animalistic nature, the panther didn't fear this incoming flames the slightest. The two girl's finally crossed paths climatically with their respective attacks and land upon reaching the ground. The two dramatically waits to see which of their attacks caused the most damage, with the stray fan getting caught by Rin Rin's other fan. She could only feel a trickle of red blood rolling down her pale cheek from the claw that struck her face. While Bayonetta suffers from a serious burn from the fan's strike, leading to a loud roar in pain as she struggles to hold herself. The assassin turns to notice a peculiar detail about the cat's burn wounds: countless dark rose petals flying from her body. As an Umbran Witch, they bleed this way as opposed to the more familiar blood that humans had. Another detail are the brown flora growing beneath the feline's paws. They wilt to react to the pain it received from her last attack.
Interesting. She doesn't bleed like we do. But I guess this can mean me taking a rose petal bath when I'm through with her. Or maybe the flowers that grow from her fertile feet.
She began running at her to strike again while she's down form the attack. The beast roars again in anger to warn her from coming any closer.
"Don't worry, you will be honored to die an early grave from this!" she yells with her left fan ready for an attack.
The witch shifts back into her original form before dealing a kick to the fan in time. Once the flaming weapon flies into the air, this gave her the opportunity to kick again to her exposed face. The assassin was quick enough to block with her right fan and kick the neck leg that aimed to strike her. Bayonetta is able to deal like breakdance-like motion with her legs to deal more kicks despite her initial pain, forcing Rin Rin to continue blocking each hit with her single fan. The airborne fan still remains spinning from the first kick as she awaits its return below.
"You are definitely trying to prove that you're full of surprises. I can see all of your fancy tricks and it won't work for this," she yells.
She reaches out another powerful kick to Bayonetta's leg and used the other to lift herself into the air. Bayonetta quickly gets her hands off the ground to shot at her rapidly. Rin Rin blocks these shots in time as she hovers over her body with another leg ready to kick one of her guns. This tactic succeeds to know one of the weapons into the distant.
Shoot, she's actually got me.
Another leg is swung for the purpose of forcing Bayonetta to jump back on all four limbs in a crunching tiger pose. She is now down to three guns left with the fourth knocked further away from her. The other fan fell down once again to meet Rin Rin's free hand with her leading into another deadly lunge. Bayonetta uses this time to swing both of her legs forward for rapid fire shot from both feet guns.
How about you dodge this!
Rin Rin swings both fans to deflect these bullets once again as she quickly approachs her. She then transformed into a large raven as a mean of getting close to her in a new form.
"Animals again? Then you must want this to be too easy," the assassin says.
Except this time, the black bird fired sharp feathers at her with its wings at the fans themselves. This time, the knocked hard enough to blow her hands back and knock her off balance. The assassin definitely grew surprised by this as the incoming bird approached her head. The talons of this bird slashes her face again, this time focusing more of ruining her trademark hairstyle than goring her face. This tore the very fabric that held each twisted bun into an amass of black. Her true longer hair in all its glory is now exposed with the owner still in shock of the surprise attack. The bird quickly shifts back into its original form with the witch's leg raised of a surprise attack.
"How about some of this!" she shouts.
She kicks the assassin in the other direction, leading to both fans flying out of her hands from this powerful blow. The assassin would be sent rolling across the steel for from the recoil with her longer hair flowing from the attack. Both fans had falling on the bands that once contained the hair igniting it with the flames that still burns. The witch lands from her last attack with her gunless hand balancing the entire body. She still desires to continue fighting with her, then covers the burn wounds she received on her stomach.
"Tch, this was careless of me to attack her like that. How hotheaded was that girl?" she said in annoyance.
The intense burn still hindered her ability to get up any higher than she can. The door finally opens to have Segata Sanshiro, Fei Rin, Isaac, Amy, Knuckles, Sakura, Arle, Axel, Beat, and Gum leaving the door. They've looked around to see that mild damage was done like bullet holes, heavy dents, or even severe burns were done to these halls. The first thing they see is a massive burning the fans did to Rin Rin's long hair restrictions.
"What on Earth happened here? You know that this is a serious fire hazard," the blonde cop announced.
"Back off, let me handle her. I can still fight. It's just a scratch from her cheap trick," the witch called.
Amy saw the sight of the once cocky witch, now holding severe burn wounds that hinder her reactions.
"Bayonetta! What happened with you?" she beamed.
"Nothing, just a little burn from that girl's fans. It was too arrogant to realize how vulnerable my panther form is to her weapons. At least a kick was able to knock her in that direction," she replied.
Despite her denial, the pain definitely caused her to grip at her wounds hander.
"You are hurt. There's no way you can still fight after that. Just let us handle this," Knuckles said.
"No, I will win this no matter what! Just stay out of this, little one," Bayonetta said.
She slowly got to her feet while holding her gun at the downed assassin to prove her allies that she still had some steam left.
"This is ridiculous. You are hurt and know riskIng it is to keep fighting like that. Just give up and let it go already. We'll talk with Little Red here to prove once again that we are not kidnappers," an alarmed Sakura shouts.
"Yo…you! You….did this to me!" a angry voice yelled.
Rin Rin is now glaring at the heroes that had the nerve to look at her after she just watched her favorite bun twist burn before her. She knew how well she values her own looks and her to lose the only thing that holds her hair together is a painful thing to watch. She already knew it was too late to save it since she can risk burning her own hands trying to get it back, instead focusing on a cold blooded revenge at the hands of the witch and her friends. Her dark eyes were now far more evil than they were with the intent of seeing the blood of these victims. Even the tightened veins around her pale face gave off frightening vibes to the ones that intended to calm her down.
"Now is the time for you all to run. There is no getting to her now," Fei Rin said.
Amy had the bad feeling about her words on the matter as if her death loving glare wasn't scary enough.
"What do you mean by that? Something's about to happen. She is your sister and should listen to her before," she replied.
"No, it's all over now. I've said nothing will really get to her at this point. You have no idea what mass destruction and killing I've seen when a similar incident happened," the older sister said in hopelessness in her breath.
"What do you mean by any of that. Is she some special being that becomes a weapon of mass destruction when angered? It can't be that bad, right?" Knuckles replied.
"It doesn't matter, I will go over there and stop this with my own hands. Can't bare to see this violence continue any longer," the Sega Saturn warrior said as he walks past them.
"Segata, are you sure about that? She did say that there was no wa…"
"I've heard it all. I won't see it until I believe it. My fists alone should be enough to calm her down. Trust me, fellow Saturnian," he coldly responds to Sakura's words.
The group only only sit and watch as the man plans to grab hold of the assassin that hissed aggressively like a defenses animal.
"You don't understand. This will only put us all in danger. If only she could have listened to me when I said that I was completely safe," Fei Rin said sadly.
"You seem to know something about her that we don't. Wouldn't it hurt to tell us why is this a problem. What have she done before that terrifies you?" Knuckles asked.
Amy, Arle, and Axel wanted to know the same thing while their friend Bayonetta doesn't want to swallow her own pride.
"Fei, what is it about your sister that is terrifying? She's far from human?" he asked.
During all this pressure, Fei couldn't think straight with this many people wanting answers regarding her own sister. Segata already grabs the assassin and held her high into the air before she thought about running away. It took one good look from the witch's tired eyes to know that something wasn't right about the long haired assassin that desires to kill her. Her yells when struggling between the man's arms are growing deeper like that of a demonic snarl and the teeth she barely slowly grew sharper than usual. Not only that, but her eyes now turned into a slightly frightening combo that a nocturnal predator would have when on the prowl. Segata ignores her requests despite this and continues tightening her grip to hold her down.
"Wh…what the hell?" she said.
Axel saw these subtle changes with her too, knowing it was best to be on his guard.
"Please, we need to know everything we are dealing with. This is for the best since the ship could be in peril from whatever's happening with her now," Sakura said.
The taller assassin looks away from her sister immediately upon another glance, not bearing to trigger any terrible memories of her last encounter with it. Isaac could tell she is terrified having to go through these traumatizing images again and having to retell everything she remembers would be making it worse.
"Please, we need to know," Isaac asked.
His words alone were comforting enough to kill some of this trauma. She finally takes another breath before having to say her words. Toejam would bust through the door with his pal Earl to check on their allies.
"Yo yo yo, I've heard you all were ready to settle things down and…"
Arle covers his mouth and holds the larger alien from making another step.
"Sssshhh, we are about to hear an important story. In the meantime, stay away from Segata over there since things will get ugly," she said.
The two aliens glanced over to see the judo practitioner still holding the angry Rin Rin that struggles within her while she continues making that same snarling sound. The pupils on TJ's socked shrunk knowing the cutie that wants to kill them is already getting scarier and very unhinged. Earl however had to take off his shades to see if his beady eyes weren't "seeing things" just to make sure he's alright.
"What is up with her? This isn't Night of the Living Earthling," he said after taking the mage's hand off.
"You'll know soon enough after I tell you all the full story. It all started when the three of us where students in a northern dojo in Asiantown. We were all fighting for the same reason: becoming a Black Belt and be the best fighter in AsianTown. I was the second best fighter of our class. Strong, skilled, and knew every single weakness on the human body. Rin Rin was competing with me to reach the number one spot, leading us to fight each other emotionally and physically day and night. I've wanted to fight to impress what could have been my first love, a young powerful warrior like myself that strive to be a black belt. Ai Rin being the runt of the litter struggled to reach anywhere near sixth or seventh place and wanted to drop out because she wasn't going to pass. It was then it was between the two of us to help her get stronger at the time," she said.
"I said get the hell off of me, old man. Why don't you burn in Hell?" Rin Rin screeched.
"No one should tell a legend to burn in a place where he doesn't belong. You are the one who needs to be taught a lesson and buy a Sega Saturn!" Segata groans.
It was now when her fingers began to form large claws and pierce into his skin like sudden porcupine fish stings. He held back every ounce of pain just to keep holding her in place. Bayonetta is still in shock about what was really happening with her the whole time, still holding her single gun for another shot. She knew that it wouldn't be fair to kill anyone without a good reason, but felt there was no other choice while she slowly turns into something unspeakable.
"It was now that she wanted to be the best fighter in Asiantown and join the Deathwatch Tournament instead of bothering to help her sister due to her selfish desires for power. As the older sister, I kept telling her that she did not deserve it at all and her role is to help her. Though too be fair, it was mostly because I did not want to lose my only chance of impressing that boy at the time. Instead, she chose that it was best to settle things with a one on one fight to the death on the highest building in the district. I didn't want to back down and accepted her challenge. We've fought with nothing but our best martial arts at the time, blow after blow with blood spilling from each strike. It was then when I've discovered her true nature for the first time as "that creature". Words couldn't even describe what I was seeing at the time. It was like she wasn't herself and it was a monster in her place. And this was before she finally used her skill for actual violence as an assassin," she continued.
Rin Rin's face would slowly become lumpier and rough as if it were that of a reptile with two long tendrils sprouting from near her nose. As for said nose, it flattens into that of an animal snout with two larger nostrils. Seeing these with her Left Eye would be enough to sicken the witch and slowly prompt her original idea of killing her before she fully changed. Her fashionable boots would explode to reveal those of reptilian feet with some elements of that of a human, complete with razor sharp talons. Segata still resists the pain of not only the claws digging into his skin, but the rough scale skin scaring his war-ridden body.
"You are definitely the strong one. I can give you that. But that won't be enough to make you break from my grip," he said with more strain in his voice.
"What is she supposed to be, some funkin' lizard girl!? This is getting too much for these sensitive eyes of mine," TJ panics before covering his eyes.
Earl tries his best not to cower too much since he's the Big Earl on Campus and not someone who shovel fear anything less scary than the Bogeyman. Isaac grew just as uneasy as them seeing her become this creature. It can only remind him of his painful transformation into the Non-Entity back near the mothership. Amy already held her hammer in place in case this demonic, changing assassin had any plans on attacking her or Bayonetta.
"Whoa, are you guys seeing this? It's like she isn't even a human being anymore," an uneasy Knuckles said with his spiked fists ready for a fight.
"Look alive, it appears that we are in for a big surprise. Even before Fei here finish telling the story," the cop says with his fists ready.
She already had her intention to finish her tale quickly despite the severe urgency of her sister's transformation. The lump in her throat could only be halted by the post traumatic stress of remembering her fight. Isaac placed her hand on hers to help calm her down, not letting that fear get to her head before she stops.
"And then it happened. That manifestation of her determination to win and rage she wanted to use would stop her from dealing a blow that would have most likely crippled me. She begun twisting around in pain, bursting out of her clothes as some mutated being that I couldn't comprehend. Her body grew as long as a river with eyes that can send chills down your spin and claws that could decapitate the more durable warriors in this town. She was no longer the sister that I wanted to overpower, but an unstoppable dragon that craves for destruction and chaos. Many buildings were destroyed, lives were taken, the fires of this beast even evaporated the water that flow there. I was weak and couldn't get back to my feet. It was up to that boy I've loved to fight her since he was among the strongest warriors in the dojo. And then, something terrible happened. I could see only the worst thing imaginable. She killed him with her own terrible claws after he dealt the most damage to her and incinerated the body with her hottest flames. That incident is the reason why she was notorious enough to be promoted as a Deathwatch participant and why I've allowed her to be the leader of our assassination squad after we moved. So Isaac, you aren't the only one who lost someone very precious to you and now you all know why we are most likely in grave danger unless someone strong can face her," she said with tears swelling within each sentence.
"Se..ga….sa….tan….shi….ro," Segata says whilst still holding down the incoming beast.
It was very clear that Rin Rin was no more and now a beast that hungers for an actually killing mentality when she is reduced to roars.
"Is someone going back there to help him? I don't think he can hold it anymore," Tojam panics.
It was then when Earl had the bright idea to use the Trap-O-Matic Jars in his possession, knowing they should be strong enough to hold her down.
"Yo Earl. I have a plan. But for it to work, Segata would just have to let her go unless he wants to be caught. The hard part would be getting him to listen," he said with a grin.
Axel saw the jars in his yellow hand and agreed with the plan he had.
"Good thinking. Now to tell him to let her go," he said.
But then, Segata would be blown away by the sudden jump from her back, which is the result of her body elongating itself into that of a serpentine body. The judo wearing man was already bleeding from the struggling he did with her and crashes into the ground leaving a red trail from his severe wounded.
"Segata!" Amy calls.
"Now is not the time for grieving. Let's trap her right now before things get worse," Alex orders.
Arle quickly commands two walls of Puyos to hold the mutated reptilian woman from attacking them head on, crushing her from both sides with the multicolored wall of gelatinous beings.
"This would hold her for a second. Now toss those jars at her Earl," she says with holding her hands in place.
The large yellow alien immediately tossed his jars at the hissing long haired being that desires the blood of her victims. She could only respond with a loud hiss before the jars slammed into her to quickly encase her in a small spherical prison for now. Bayonetta lowered her weapon and sighs now that it's over. Knuckles despite his impression would use this time to look for Bayonetta's missing gun to help her own.
"We did it! She's now in a better place. Well, not in that way if you think that way," TJ replied to a worried Fei Rin.
Beat and Gum would use this time to put out her flames with her spraypainting skills. The two were smart enough to use a special clear spray paint in order to keep the original colors of her weapon without accidentally tagging it with the wrong colors. Big the Cat carries the Kapu Kapu with him to the door beside Sonic with Ai Run still beating him on his head.
"Let me go you little rat. I want my Mei Rin and not you! Just let me take my tears in peace instead of being a goody two shoes," she cried.
The hedgehog thankfully doesn't have a short temper like Knuckles and knew holding her this way would be the right thing to do.
"Sorry you had to put up with that Sonic. Is she at least feeling any better?" Amy asked.
"Let me take a guess, she already stopped crying a second ago. But she still wants to beat me because she wants her orange pal instead of me. But on the bright side, how are Bayonetta and Rin Rin?" he asked.
"Make sure to bring my gun here when you find it, Red Head. The last thing I need is to be separated from my best weaponry like this," the witch called.
"Let's just say that the fight is over but we've got some bad news. Bayonetta is extremely wounded and we need to get her and Segata to safety. And Fan Girl here has some seriously monstrous issues. It's hard to fully explain, but it is too dangerous to be anywhere near her. Trust me, this is highly serious Sonic," the pink hedgehog explained.
The vigorous rumbling of the spherical jar led Earl to believe his plan is far from successful. Arle would slowly add a pair of Puyo to the sphere to try keeping it shut.
"We've got a problem. She's actually trying to break from the Trap-O-Matic Jar. I thought those things should have worked," Bayonetta said.
"Then there's the fact that we haven't tried it on anything stronger than that penguin. So we can safely say that we are more royal screwed than even a damned nut," Toejam panicked.
Arle added more of the Puyos to surround the jar after seeing a large crack pop from the distance.
"Just don't worry, I'm trying the best I can to hold her in," she said.
Joe, Headdy, Alex Kidd, and Billy came out to see the spectacle before them. Beat and Gum would skate away from the now unlit fans to see that Rin Rin hair band is indeed good as gone. At least some people would now why she is angry at them or just get an idea that Bayonetta is done fighting with them.
"Can someone give me a rundown of what happened here? They need to know everything to explain it to Morte and the others," Alex Kidd said.
"The two fought, both are hurt, Miss Rin is out for blood after her hair got ruined and we are doing our best to hold down the beast that will be released. What more do you want?" Toejam remarked.
Knuckles returns to toss the gun at Bayonetta's hand and saw the new spectators here for a show.
"We all need to find something we can do with her before she destroys the ship. Anyone here think they are fast enough to take her outside?" he asked.
This is where Sonic finally puts down Ai Rin, leading the latter to stick her tongue out at him despite doing her a favor.
"Have fun trying to face the Crimson Dragon that will tear you apart. You all are to blame for making our poor sister mad," she yelled.
"How about you stop blaming it on people who were helping you to begin with? Don't be such a brat," Billy replied.
"Says the pint sized little boy himself. I bet you must love eating eggs like some baby with a bib," the younger sister barked in defense.
"Leave Billy alone. You sure don't act your age for someone who's taller than us. So you have no reason to complain," Alex Kidd shouts.
"Or how about the three of you stop fighting each other like children! Have a shred of maturity for once," Knuckles yelled in annoyance.
Big helped dragged the body of Segata after letting the KapuKapu reunite with his adorable master. The younger sister picks him up in joy, allowing him to purr from the comfort of her warm face.
"Oh Mei Rin, I've missed you so much. Better than being picked up by that blue rat," Ai Ran said in the utmosts joy.
Both Billy and Alex Kidd shook their heads at the utter disrespect that Sonic receives just for helping her.
"Crimson Dragon? That doesn't sound very good. I'll make sure to take her outside for a quick flight," the speedy hedgehog replied.
Arle obediently separates the Puyos in a while for Sonic to grab the breaking jar and blast off at his highest speeds to bring it outside.
"Be careful Sonic!" Amy called.
He disappeared without a trace in seconds thanks to the urgency of this situation, which left the remaining heroes to report everything to Vyse immediately.
"Come on guys, let's make this quick. Some of us would have to go out there and help him since he would be the first to see her terrifying form. And it won't be pretty if we aren't fast enough ourselves," Fei Rin said with the utmost urgency.
Everyone would pour back into the room with Bayonetta limping her way in and Big still dragging the bloodied Segata.
"Froggy, sorry you had to see this. This is far different from our peaceful days after all," the big cat replied to the skittish behavior of his frog pal.
The door instantly closes leaving the battered hall completely empty with the exception of Rin Rin's fallen fire fans. What would ensure would be another effort for everyone to fight together.
In an expansive training room, both Selvaria and Ramirez stand before their trainees who done enough hurdles and running around for their first bit of training. Derrick pants with his head down as if his limits were being pushed hard. He is now wearing a dark Valuan military outfit similar to Ramirez's, but cut and restitched in a way it fits him thanks to the help of Morte and Selvaria. That way, his uniform wouldn't be too big or too small. The boots however were extras that Kyrie kept with him on the journey, which mostly threw his militarian look away. His dark brown hair remains uncut since he preferred to keep his style the same despite suggestions that his trainer wanted. Britney however is slightly different because of the work done to get her dressed. She is now wearing an outfit similar to Selvaria, but it was heavily restructured to match her smaller and shorter frame. The boots were tighter to help hold her feet due to not being as big as Selvaria, making it compensate for Morte not having the right shoe size for her. Her upper body is form fitting to fit her decent upper body shape. Despite complaints that she sweats alot in that region, Ramirez recommends that it is best to keep yourself fully protected on the battlefield and not reveal any weaknesses to exploit. She wipes the sweat of her forehead from the running she did, breathing hard from exerting her body force.
The two commanders watched the rookies take a breather from their last set of missions with that ray of authority over this place. The Chaotix and Deadly Six at on the bleachers to the east of them in growing anticipation fo their next mission. The only one missing was Zik since he was tasked with investigating the approaching Zeti warship that already arrived in time. He specifically wanted to see if there are any repairs needed and how much more Zeti-Bots can be easily reproduced with the construction chamber. This left Zavok in charge of watching the other four Zeti whilst also seeing what lessons he can give the two humans that trained vigorously. They weren't alone however. Ristar, Centurion, Athena, Marie, Raphael, General Winter, Welkin, Alicia, Shadow, Rouge, Gamma, Omega, Orta, Prince Ali, Ratchet, Clank, Hardy, Janet, and undead rabbit Ash sitting several meters away from them. It was clear that Team Dark have heavy suspicious of the Zeti and knew keeping their distance were for the best. Rouge still thinks her dark furred ally is taking it a bit far, but still stuck with it due to her trust with him.
Maybe one day you'll now that this is all just one big conspiracy. One that you shouldn't be talking serious.
Centurion also appears to be back to his human form for once since he knew his strong body would come in handy for having that chance to train them. Athena had no surprise that her savior chose to keep a more buffed appearance like that as apposed to the average muscle ratio most Greek citizens should have. Not that she had an issue since she does find the gleaming larger muscles more attractive than his standard appearance. The Freonian child plays with a white ball that he was given as a gift from his star traveling friend, gleefully tossed with with his stubby purple hands. Just seeing his happy reactions alone incite a smile on the Shooting Star's face with less attention on the scene before hims.
"That will be all for now! There is a water fountain to the north of the track where the two of you can drink. We can move on to our next lesson in hand to hand combat within thirty minutes. You weren't that bad out there Britney, I can tell you have some athleticism in your system," the Valkyrian commander announced.
The college girl smiled knowing that she did great putting so much work into her powerful legs for the obstacle course challenge. Derrick raise himself from the ground for the answer about his performance.
"However, Derrick needs a bit work on his form with all the hurdles he failed to jump over. And I saw how many times you've stopped for a break. At times like this, I would give you a whole new round to perfect everything. This isn't about being an athlete, but about improving your physical capabilities to last long in a war. Ramirez will be the one to make sure you do get better," she said looking at him.
He had no time to feel disappointed in his own failures and knew it would be best to focus on improving them the next time he has more energy.
"The girl is right when she said that she's ready. We will lessen the impact for the next one just for the boy since he's not quite ready yet. Derrick, you do have some serious potential. It's best for you to actually use it to its fullest and conquer these "body limitations" holding you back. Remember, push yourself. But just not enough that can result in crippling your body," he said sternly.
The college boy nods knowing what he can improve on for the next lesson, whether it be a completely new one or the extension of the last one. Britney laughs beside him knowing that he is having as much fun as her instead of being too tired by their lesson. The communicator on both commanders beeped loudly to their surprise, which caused their trainees to stand at ease.
Selvaria calmly states, "This is a message for the two of us. Just go get some water for now and we'll call you two back when you're needed for the next course."
The two start their walk for hydration despite curiosity of what their trainers were being called for, holding each other's hands for support as more proof of their growing bonds with each other. Ramirez had the feeling what he's called for could be something highly serious, responding to the device held before his mouth.
"This is Morte's Squadron. What seems to be the problem Vyse?" he asked.
This marked the first time he is speaking in a respectful manner to what used to be his mortal enemy long after his revival from Death's grip.
"We have a problem, a huge problem that should be investigated outside our ships. Sonic had to bring our little intruder outside before she transformed and he's definitely in a serious pinch."
Ramirez widened his eyes, having that feeling they would have an intruder that was sent by the Legion to destroy them.
"Let me guess, it's a group of spies sent by the Legion, isn't it? They really plan to kill me and the others for betraying them," he replied.
Selvaria wouldn't be as surprised knowing that she expected them to start hunting her down after her lover failed to kill her with his own blade. What she was more curious about was who did they send after them.
"Can you describe the intruders for me? I think I may know who could have sent them knowing how close he is to Eggman," she replied.
"You've guessed right, it's definitely the girls from the same squad Isaac and Fei Rin used to serve. In fact, they are her remaining sisters. The bigger issue comes from the fact that one of them is a powerful dragon that can destroy this whole ship now that Bayonetta had ticked her off. We need all the help you can send to stop her while Sonic is still keeping her busy," the captain said with serious urgency.
"Got it, we are on our way now. The ones we are training can stay here for safety while we send the best team possible to take her down."
Both of them ended the message before running toward the exit with all their might.
"We got ourselves a situation with an intruding dragon on the outside. Those that want to help can feel free to follow us now!" Ramirez called to the bleachers.
"This is a Code Red emergency. Be quick and make sure you are strong enough to handle it!" Selvaria calls as she ran.
It was then when Zavok gets to his feet and laughs knowing that he can fight again. With the same two finger gesture on his head, he made sure to tell his master that he's going to have some fun.
"Master, me and the others about about to have some fun pummeling this dragon. We won't disappoint you at all," he said in with a grin.
Zik cackles while dealing with a few repairs to the main control room that Tails made a mess of of long ago.
"That's my seed. Make sure the others don't get hurt while you handle that majestic beast," he replied telekinetically.
Zazz slowly gets out of his seat with an angry Zomom ready to pound more freaks his own size. Zor looks at his rose again whilst Zeena flips her hair before this first fight in a while. Zavok laughs once again after cracking his powerful red knuckles on his fists.
"Deadly Six, let's go out there and give our uninvited guests some hell," the leader shouts while pointing at their leaving allies.
Ristar already launches himself from the upper hangar to fly at light speed for the exit as his friends below ran down the stairs. Shadow was already ahead of them thanks to his fast speeds with Rouge flying beside him and the two robots charging behind him.
"Finally, I get chance to annihilate. These guns had been desiring some good use for days," the larger robot said.
"Don't hog all the targets from me, brother. I want to have as much fun taking down this beast too," Gamma replied.
Rouge laughs knowing that the two E-Series robots are competitive as usual being brothers in arms.
"Enough talk. Let's focus on the biggest picture. We will see how loyal these guys are when they fight for us," the black hedgehog said.
Britney and Derrick finished drinking water from the fountain with their spirits high and excitement for their next mission. The girl could notice that everyone is already leaving the room for some reason that they couldn't grasp on to.
"What are they planning on doing? We already have an intruder that fast?" she wondered.
Derrick finished splashing the water on his face rubbing the wetness against his clear skin and breathes the refreshing after effect of it.
"Nothing that we can do. The best we can do is wait until they are back. I just wanted to get into physical combat instead of running again. So it's nothing we can do about it," he said.
She agrees with her boyfriend's words and stood with him as they enjoyed their first break, wondering what other tasks they can do.
"Come on guys, don't you want to show how cool the Chaotix are? We'll think about watching them later," Vector beamed.
Mighty and Espio follows him without hesitation since this was a high level emergency after all. Charmy flew after them despite concerns of them being alone with no one here to watch them but Athena and Marie.
"Don't worry guys, these two should watch while we're gone. This bee is ready for a stringing sensation," the hyperactive bee said.
He zooms after the rest of his team that were already leaving him behind with their surprising speed. One strike would send Sonic falling back onto the deck after the the while he's fought his new foe. His blue battered body rolls to the edge of the massive deck, with a large serpentine shadow wriggling before him. He opens his eyes once again to see the sharp demonic eyes starting at him from a terrifying scaly face. It was clear from this that Rin Rin is now a completely different being than she was before. The massive creature lets out another loud roar that echo across the skies, which even alarms the other dragon that carries Azel in between the ships. The black haired woman knew that something wasn't right when she had seen Sonic above the ship multiple times and an unfamiliar shape.
"Not now, we would have to find some other way to get to higher ground thanks to your size. They'll just have to help him in a bit," she said.
Sonic slowly gets to his feet despite the creature awaiting another opportunity to strike him. The beast's fangs were bigger than any blade that an Eggman robot soldier wish they had, lined with drool that drips from her massive mouth.
"You seriously need to have some manners. All we did was help your sister and this is how you thank us. No matter why you are having a bad hair day."
The dragon snarls from the comment she receives, preparing for another powerful swipe from her massive tail. Sonic once again close his eyes in anticipation of his next beat down until a large fireball is launched at the dragon's exposed chest. It felt little pain, but wondered where did it came from as it twists its terrifying head around.
"Hey ugly! You will have to mess with us if you mess with our friend!" Knuckles yells before striking her large head.
The blow moved the creature's head slightly until a storm of energy blasts, magic, and electricity are shot it. Then Amy toss her enlarged Piko Piko Hammer at her scaly snout to hurt it.
"Stand down foul beast. This is our ship and we will teach you a lesson for messing with us," Gilius called.
The entire cavalry had arrived to help their blue friend in battle. Vectorman, Vyse, Amy, Alis, Arle, Sakura, Tyris, Ax Battler, Odin, Big, Cream Cheese, Tails, Harrier, Fina, Aika, Bayonetta, Jeanne, Billy, Rolly, Stella, Alex Kidd, Blaze, Zan, G, Detective Washington, Axel Stone, Naoh, the Dinosaur King trio, Max, Kirby, Dedede, Satan, Ulala, Pudding, Gum, Beat, The Star, Chuck D. Head, Zobio, Zobiko, Opa Opa, AGES, Corn, Cube, and the ChuChus all lined up before their massive intruder with plans on taking it down. Mega Man and his robot siblings arrived just in time in a flash thanks to their teleporting system.
The beast could only snarl at the amount of heroes that are ready to attack it at full force, rearing up its head at an elevation higher than twenty-five feet for a strike. Zobio cracks his knuckles for another fight with a being bigger than Justice with his wife having her gun ready for firing. Bayonetta ready to have a rematch now that she's in full condition from Amy's healing with her partner Jeanne ready to help. Kirby could only be prepared for whichever abilities he would need in order to face this reptilian menace. Dedede raised his hammer into the air to prepare the hardest strikes possible for this being. Both Billy and Rolly are armed with their favorite Egg Animals Cipher and Clippen respectively with the largest eggs for combating this beast. Ax, Tyris, and Gilius cross each others' trademark weapons to signal each other that this will be a victorious fight. Chomp, Ace, and Paris stood in front of their respective masters awaiting their orders for a prehistoric transformation and attacks on this beast.
"It feels like old times, doesn't it Max," Rex said to his red cap wearing rival.
"It sure does. I'll make sure Chomp makes short work of this mystical dinosaur," he replied.
"You two never change, do you? And I'm sure a dragon doesn't count as a dinosaur," Zoe says in disbelief.
Big breaks out his trusty fishing rod since he always loved to get a big catch. Cream and Cheese both mentally prepare themselves knowing this will be the first time in a while they get to fight something this big. Amy placed her hand on the young rabbit's shoulder to show that it wasn't worth being afraid as long as Team Rose were together again. Both space reporters have their trademark weapons ready to fight, knowing that this is another report worthy of sharing after this dragon's defeat. Then suddenly, a pile of blue liquid bursts out in front of Knuckles before transforming into a more familiar form. The echidna smirks knowing that a fellow emerald guardian wanted to redeem himself after his loss against the Legion.
"Good to be back on your feet, huh Chaos?" he said.
The gelatinous creature has its eyes on the beast before him knowing that it can survive the worst heat in battle after his experience with Marcus. The mage Noah already seen the hurt hedgehog in the distance, knowing it was something for him to take care of.
"Miss Alis, let me tend his wounds. I'll be back to help fight when you need me," the androgynous cloaked man said.
Alis had fought by his side long enough knowing that he cares about tending the wounded alot, even his own allies.
"Very well, you can do that quickly. Me and Odin should hold our own until then," the long haired woman replied.
With that, he dashed off in Sonic's direction whilst using magic to help speed up his movement. Then Alis pulls out her famed sword as the dragon roars once again, louder than before. Mega Man already had his best weapons selected for combat as with Proto Man. Roll on the other hand placed her buster back on her left hand knowing she has to get dirty again for a good reason. Vectorman already begins flying at the creature knowing it was time to attack once the dragon lunges at them. The robot clash with the beast's massive white face with his round green fists, holding it back while others have the opportunity to begin fighting.
"Everyone, attack now while she's still there! Show no mercy until she succumbs to submission!" Vyse calls.
Both G and Detective Washington already unload their heavy gun fire on the beast's underbelly with knowledge that it's a common weakpoint. The bullets cause no blood however, but it was enough catch her attention from Vectorman's strength. This would lead to her face being successfully pushed back before both Satan and Arle blasts it with their best spells. Zobio grabs the beast's tail while she is distracted with help from Chuck, Knuckles, and Big's fishing line.
"Alright, we will pull this flying snake on the count of three!" he yells.
Axel and Blaze already attacked the underbelly once again before the beast try stomping on them. Billy fired Cipher at the creature's foot to slightly burn it, leading to the other foot to try stomping them. One Hard Knuckle alone was enough to push it back thanks to Mega Man's efforts. The dragon begins swinging its head in an attempt to knock its attackers out of the sky. The Puyo sorcerers dodge just in time as did Vectorman. Amy slams her mallet on the creature's snout, causing it to stop spinning. Then Dedede strikes the cheek to knock the entire face to the side.
"Take that you scaly lizard headed loser," he yells.
But then the pupil of the beast glanced at its two attackers with severe bloodlust. This spooks out the penguin before he thought about attacking. One violent swing smacked him towards the ground to Amy's surprise before it attempts doing to the same to her. Good thing Kirby saved him just in time with the help of his Warpstar, once again saving his rival in the nick of time as always. Vectorman stopped the beast's head just in time with his hands, leaving Amy opportunity to float away with a hammer spin. Then Tails would strike its chin with his Magic Hand, successfully breaking a tooth from its massive jaws.
"This is for hurting Sonic!" the fox shouts.
Then Gilius shocks the beast with a powerful thunder spell he summons from the sky. This also affected Vectorman, but not to the degree with it harms him thanks to his immunity. Ax Battler used his spell to cause a mass of explosions to attack the creature's middle body to give his human allies more means of hurting him. This is followed by rocket fists launched by the Master Mech to punch the creature's face again. Then Chaos constricts the creature's neck with its long blue limbs while attempting to twist its face downwards. While cruel in nature, he had the feeling the beast plans on breathing fire at all of them.
"Now, let's toss this beast overboard to the right!" Zobio commands.
The four heavy lifters then begin hauling the tail to the right, thus pulling the entire lower body to the side as well. The dragon could feel its body getting pulled like that and place both lower legs to hold it down. This wouldn't stop the four for pulling harder to toss the creature overboard.
"Come on guys. Let's push this thing harder until it finally falls," the zombie husband called.
The echidna, mummy, and cat followed his orders well pulling harder. Then Odin jumped in to help with his strength in addition to Billy, Alex Kidd, and Kirby. The newly transformed Chomp, Ace, and Paris would use their combined efforts to begin pushing at the beast's lower body to help pry its feet off the deck. These dinosaurs were using Electric Charge, Mayfly, and Thorn Whip respectively thanks to the efforts of their masters.
"Go on Chomp, send that dragon flying off the ship!" Max called.
"You can do it Ace. Don't falter or slow down at all," Rex orders.
"Paris, you know your Grass Element is perfect for now!" Zoe shouts.
The realistically sized Triceratops, Carnataurus, and Parasaurolophus continued throwing their weight and elemental abilities against the dragon to knock it in the direction Zobio's group aims for. Chaos could feel the beast's throat getting hotter now it that had just enough of the damage its receiving. The heat caused his arms to slightly bubble from the rising temperature, but it wasn't enough to have him let go.
"Just keep pushing guys, this would be our big break if we do so," the zombie calls.
"How much will it take to make this freaking thing fly? A 2,000 pounds?" the bald detective said.
This would give Opa Opa an idea before he takes off into the sky. AGES follows him as well knowing the air masters needed to be together as did Harrier.
"Good, you guys just fly away while we are stuck with this fire breathing bitch. Who's about to let loose," Washington said before he continues shooting.
The beast's talon's were slowly losing their grip with this much pressure on it. Arle and Satan continues constricting the midseciton with a ring of Puyos with enough crushing force to hold in such flames. Both witches just finished dealing enough heavy blows with their Wicked Weaves to keep it from singing anything with enough pain.
"That should be enough now, we should be sending it flying in no time," Bayonetta said.
Sonic is now back to his feet thanks to Noah's healing efforts on his body with a shining confidence that this next round shouldn't be as bad.
"Thanks alot. You really do know how to take care of someone when they've got their butt kicked," he said in joy. "
"It was nothing. I just know that anyone shouldn't deserve pain when they are out fighting evil in this world. Now we need to help them together," the mage said.
Then the two would witness the creature finally tossed and pushed off of the ship thanks to their efforts. Chaos lets go to restrict its arms back to the main watery body with Vectorman landing next to him. The Puyos disappeared in a burst of magic with both mages tired from holding the beast down like that.
"We did it!" Knuckles yells.
Then an onslaught of bombs and blasts would be fired onto the creature before it can breathe at them. This is the work of Harrier, Opa Opa, and AGES attacking their reptilian enemy from above.
"Welcome to the Fantasy Zone and get ready to be defeated!" the shades wearing gunner calls.
Then the Menonian ship summons the same Heavy Bomb he used to defeat his father to crush the beast while it's fully exposed. As it growls in pain and wriggled in surprised, the weight crushed the beast and sent it falling below. Some heroes like Billy and Alex wanted to see the creature down below despite it being seen from five miles away from the deck's edge. Mega Man watch the horizon to see if the beast would come back after that. Even the captain himself wonder if all of their efforts worked at all with his Blue Rogues cohorts.
"Is it over? Did we win?" Cream said.
"Chao chao?" the bowtie wearing Chao said.
"I sure do hope sure. But it would suck that we have to explain what happened to her sister or having to find her body in the ocean. Heck she could even come back as a zombie dragon girl after some resurrection," Zobiko said.
"Please, I already have to deal with one bossy annoying zombie girl in my van and we don't need another freaking on. Shit, I'd rather have her dead in that case," Washington replied.
"I really hope she isn't dead though. Fei Rin wouldn't like to hear the bad news at all. And we did promise to bring her back alive and not too harmed," a concerned Amy replied.
"I wouldn't celebrate just yet. My calculations say that she will be back, but meaner and stronger than ever. It's a bit too quiet to say that the battle is over," Tails suggested.
"Even in that case, I'm ready when she is so I can have a rematch worth fighting for. Sucks that me taking her on alone didn't go as well as planned. But how else was I supposed to stall her?" said a carefree Sonic.
"You've did fine Sonic. That's all we need to be really be thankful for. Speaking of which, Tails maybe right. I've sensing some high energy readings from the below. Perhaps she took a bigger and stronger form to deal with," Knuckles said.
Bayonetta twirls her guns again since it was far from over for her to fight.
"Then I guess the Climax shall do. Madama Butterfly been meaning to get some real playtime for a while. Better than summoning another other demon that would constantly tear her into shreds until her soul is eternally damned," she said.
Billy and Alex were disturbed by her last statement, remembering what become of the Vortex Queen when it was mutilated to death by Scolopendra and dragged into those portals. Just imagining the concept of emotional and physical torture the Vortex alien would go through in Hell took them to a unpleasant thought.
"Good thinking Bayonetta. That way she can live and hopefully give up her primal instincts. It's better to fulfill a promise the way it should," Vyse said.
"Speaking of which, mind telling me who's ship that belongs to? It took me just a second just to see it standing in front of us the whole time," Gilius said.
"What ship, you mean the ones that…oh my God!" Amy called.
Sonic was concerned for her scream and turned to see the marvel himself. It was none other than the Deadly Six's ship that shifted the skies on auto-pilot during the entire time Sonic's last capture. The imposing black figure was just as intimidating since the first time Tails had seen it on his mission to find him. The large black horns and demonic structure's around the ship's nose is fully representative of Zavok's confident behavior as the Deadly Six's leader and the shape was heavily inspired by Eggman's trademark Egg Carrier. Seeing this again up close was very nostalgic for Gilius knowing the trouble they've been through invading it to see the Zeti menace personally at the time. Opa Opa and the others seen the ship from above, wondered what it was doing here of all places on its own.
"Those guys sure came prepared knowing that we need all the help for this war. But why is it here early?" Harrier said.
More help arrived in the form of Selvaria and Ramirez's group thanks to the Deadly Six's control of the machines they've built and their electromagnetic manipulation. These were simple robots that they've created using what little memory they had without having to see the original blueprints. Others either flew with their natural abilities or had other mean's of flight like Clank's jetpack or Orta's faithful dragon.
This included the commanders themselves, Centurion, Ristar, Jack, Ratchet Clank, Team Dark, Team Chaotix, the Deadly Six, Raphael, General Winter, Welkin, Alicia, Gamma, Orta, Prince Ali, Hardy, Janet, and Prince Ash. The newly arrived help investigate the scene to see if everyone were alright.
"What just happened? Did you all defeat the intruder?" Selvaria said.
"No, she's definitely coming back soon. Just be prepared when she actually appears. At least you all have some extra back-up in the form of that ship in the back," Knuckles said.
"That ship? You mean our ship? We have everything we need in their help you guys win the war. Weapons, an army, and everything. Pretty convenient, don't you think?" Zavok said.
Sonic could recognize all the of the Zeti easily from their appearance and abilities. Zazz with his purple caltrops ready, Zomom with his powerful hands for a beatdown, Zeena with her electrical whips outstretched, and Zor with his shadow bats ready for a fight. He could tell there was one Zeti missing from the scene, particularly a certain Chinese master that is the brains of the group.
"Where's your Master? You know the small one with the flying staff?" Sonic asked.
Zavok did not like any form of disrespect to Zik name, though agrees to let it slide since they had bigger priorities at hand.
"He's on the ship as we speak. Fixing all the damage your twin tailed friend had done and rebuilding our stolen robot army. But that's not important since we have a bigger fish to fry," the red Zeti said.
It was then when a large clawed hand appeared from the clouds suddenly. Big covers Cream like the big brother figure he is as the rabbit screamed from this.
"So this is her true form and size. I knew what we fought back there was far from the full form," Alis said.
Sonic and his allies were definitely on their guard with the dragon back for more.
"Well, just how are we going to take this one on, huh?" Vector said in shock.
Espio and Mighty however were not in any sense of fear since taking it down was their bigger priority. The hand itself was big enough as its original form alone from first glance, complete with black claws that can easily crush the ship if they wanted to. Jeanne looked at her beehive wearing part to see if she's ready to take her on at this day and age. She responds with a Wicked Weave to form Madama Butterfly's powerful hands as if she really wanted to get a fist bump out of her fellow witch. Centurion shifts into his powerful Golden Werewolf form before letting out a loud howl. Gilius begins charging his axe knowing the best spells will be needed against this massive beast. Then the rest of the creature's body rises out of the clouds as an organic white stairway that could lead to the heavens themselves. Opa Opa and his airborne pals made sure to back up from the creature before they would be the first to get knocked down by it. The Menonian ship would be shocked that its sized definitely rivaled that of O-Papa or any other massive being that he ought before. It was then when Billy had to do a roster call beside Rolly to call out the Mother Cipher in the ship's dock for help knowing their smaller Egg Animals wouldn't be as helpful.
"Cockle-doodle doooooooooooo!"
It was then when G offered to call Varla up here for assistance knowing his guns won't work on a much larger target.
"It was a good thing I had this just in case we needed any assistance fighting this dragon," Axel said after hauling a massive rocket launcher.
General Winter already called a squadron of bombers to arrive here in a few minutes to help, knowing that they can help in this case. Selvaria already activates her Valkyrian Flames for this next battle. Sora and Seven appeared just in time thanks to the latter's teleportation despite being late to the party.
"At least we aren't too late. Princess Sora, sing that scorching song of yours to boost everyone's strength," the seductive agent ordered.
The blonde princess nods then face the massive dragon that looms its head over the heroes with its eyes of bloodlust. Dedede is already cowering from the sight and hides behind Kirby for safety after taking one good look at it. Sonic felt no fear in his heart knowing everyone will get the needed boosts they need to take it on. Amy swallows every ounce of fear she had and stares down the face that eclipses the entire ship easily. Knuckles bumps his first together while Rouge does a few air kicks to prepare for a real fight. Shadow gets into an attack poses that will catch their foe off guard when the time is right. Omega gets his big guns ready for the annihilation of a life time with his brother cocking his cannon once. Now Sora was ready to sing this sing that could help them all defeat this monstrous foe.
"If you, stand stronger, you may conquer your foes and bring up the light of, this whole world. The scorching words can, grant you that fire to power your hands to use them for mankind's safety," she sings.
Some could feel a surge of red magic engulfing them in a bright powerful aura that remove any pain they've felt before. Big observes his own gloved hands to see this bright stuff radiating from his body. Cream is surprised as her Chao friend is with their bodies feeling redder than usual. Shadow could tell this boost was good as his Chaos Blast, feeling that power surging through his genetically enhanced body. Even the Blue Blur could feel himself getting a boost that could be close to Super Sonic, but not too far. The power surging through the Golden Axe was enough to make the green dwarf smile knowing this strength will be put to good use now that he's ready to slay that dragon. Vectorman's system nearly overrides with this power, but into something better now that his Photon Energy can really be used for real damage. Vyse now feels his strength being somewhere new that of a powerful Gigas, looking at his cutlass blades in confidence. Kirby now feels something that is beyond any Copy Ability he would ever need, now focusing his attention on the being before him. Sora stops singing after enough red energy flows from everyone around her, and backed away for safety. Agent Seven takes out her best weapons now that she is ready to kick some serious ass. It was then when Shadow is the first to disappear in a flash and strike the dragon in its chin. Despite the smaller size ration, this dramatic boost of strength made a difference. Sonic would do the same not wanting to get left out using a Light Speed Dash to its snout. The next loud roar would echo across the entire sky from these hits. This new excitement was from his addrenaline rush could only astound Sonic's boost of strength.
What is really up with her song? It's like I'm a whole new hedgehog from this boost of strength.
Then a large red figure would appear to punch the dragon in its jaw to break more teeth. This was none other than a full powered Zavok who didn't want to miss out on any fun.
The large Zeti pulls back another punch, this time with flames gathering on his hand to counter whatever the gigantic dragon plans on doing to him.
"You see what's happening? That's our cue to give an all out attack while we still have this power!" Vyse calls with his cutlass blades ready.
Everyone would begin having their ranged weapons ready to fire while their target is close enough to the ship. Zomom and Zazz launch themselves at the tower like body to begin climbing it. Zeena gathers enough energy to stretch her electrical whips further while Zor fires off his pack of Shadow Bats to attack. The cyclopean black creatures flew at speeds comparable to a missile to reach the dragon's body. Each one "dies" in a massive explosion of darkness to damage the dragon's main body. Then Zazz and Zomom begins punching the dragon's upper region with their hands as they held on tight. Given the taller Zeti's savage behavior, he enjoyed every single ounce of pain he dealt to the titanic beast. Then the Mother Cipher would blast into the midsection in a massive fire ball thanks to orders from the ones who called her.
"Good job. I knew you would do it," Rolly congratulates the large Egg Animal.
Then Zavok punches the beast in its snout again to give the dragon a whiplash effect, flipping it's ship sized head back at a comparable distance. Zavok was already strong, but Sora's song boosted it to levels that were far beyond his true strength.
"Heh, I was expecting a bigger challenge from you," he said.
"You know what they say. The bigger they are, the harder they fall," the Sonic said with a smile.
Then the three would see a volley of glowing missiles, bullets, energy blasts, magic, fire, ninja tools, electric stingers, lasers, apples, tornadoes, shockwaves, rocket first, and pterosaur summons flew bellow them to attack the exposed middle underbelly that remains before them in a flash. Sora's magical song indeed make each of these ranged attacks not only more lethal, but more destructive too. Ratchet was smart enough to use the RYNO in this case to deal far beyond lethal damage to the beast, a heavy space weapon so powerful that it is usually banned in some parts of the galaxy. Each of these severely damaging the dragon's body to make it jerk violently and swing its claws.
"Whoooo, this is definitely within our favor so far. If only the bad girl can just give up peacefully and come with us," Sonic said with a thumbs up.
Shadow joins in by charging enough Chaos Energy within his hands for a familiar, yet stronger technic to help. "
Chaaaaaoooooooos Spear!" he shouts.
This gathering energy would fire itself as a volley of red powerful energy spears that fire at the same spot the rest of the heroes chose to attack for even more damage. The beast lets out a painful roar from this as it tries to lift its long head back from the powerful recoil it suffered from. One of massive paws were about to attack the ship where it stood. Both witches jumped into the air and disappears in a portal to vanish completely within it. Vyse did not panic knowing the two is just using Witch Twist to reach a higher point so Madama Butterfly has safer coverage. Everyone else waits for the two to quickly save this ship from being sunken by the overconfident dragon. The large white par is near the ship by fifty feet before Jeanne and Bayonetta reappear before it.
"Ready when you are. She has no time to wait on you," she said.
Her white haired ally nodded before summoning her own pair of massive hairy white hands for combat. Bayonetta did the same, but this was much different due to using a dimension know as Climax to amplify her powers even further and summon larger pairs of hands with Madama Butterfly in control. The two eventually start rapidly punching this large claw at high speeds to tenderize the scaly flesh that try to crush their friends. Each and every blow would be enough to incite another bellow of pain from the beast's faraway head. Ristar strikes the beast's chest with a faster than light charge thanks to some help from Omega's throw to know it away. One miraculous thing that happened though would be a visible crack in the creature's body that begins traveling up the snaking boy and possibly below where its tail hangs. Some didn't know what this could be based on the strange phenomena since organic beings can't crack due to the physical impossibility of it. But being the smart thinker of the group, Tails came up with a logical inclusion that could explain it.
"Guys, I think I know what could happen. If we just hit this dragon harder, it could eventually turn back into that girl. It's kind of hard to explain, but I think the dragon itself is like a chrysalis that contains the real body and damaging it further could eventually break her free of that control," he said.
"You mean this whole time we were fighting a shell controlled by her? Then what about the roars or the fire?" Knuckles questioned.
"I don't really know. But that's just an observation. There is only one way to find out and that's to break him open like a piñata. It could be a magical avatar for all we know," the prodigy fox replied.
"Actually, that doesn't sound too bad. I did get some massive magic readings from this being when I first seen it. So he's far from wrong. We will just have to defeat it until she has no more control over it," Noah said.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's annihilate our target and free the prisoner," Omega said with his guns ready to shoot again.
Sonic, Zavok, and Shadow were just as curious of the growing crack on the creature's body, shining of something radiant and mysterious. It wasn't long until the witches successfully destroyed the entire paw after one last punch. The resulting exploding and bright shine would get the threes' attention as well.
"What is this? An illusion that is crafted by her? That's what the Legion wanted to happen?" the black hedgehog asked.
"Perhaps you could be right. We would have to break this scaly guy open just to see for ourselves," Sonic said.
It wasn't until the angry beast finally lowers his head towards them with a snarl that hungers for blood. Zavok charges more flames within his hand knowing that it's time to break this reptile one last time.
"Ready to end this, you two?" he said.
The two hedgehogs were beyond ready with something left for this big beast. It turns out that the creature is finally decapitated by what appears to be a massive slash done by Ramirez, Selvaria, Max, Sword Kirby, Alis, Golden Werewolf Centurion, Zeena, Zor, Vyse, Aika, Thor, and Knuckles
The entire body is now pouring out vast amounts of bright lights with no head to no longer support it. The sight slightly disgusts Washington while Varla gives her favorite agent a noogie for his good work. Tails victoriously raises his own fist as the gigantic headless body slowly falls back into the ocean. Bayonetta and Jeanne dropped by just in time to see the result of their valiant efforts to stop this beast.
"Now that's what I call a shocking performance. Now what about the head," she wondered.
It was now up to Sonic, Shadow, and Zavok to break the soul's head while it still floats without body. It was far from over since it gave little sign of giving up completely.
"There it is and it's still moving. So much for cracking it open, huh Tails," Knuckles said.
Both Zomom and Zazz flew back to the deck for safety after they knew what they trapped on slowly deteriorated. Crumbs of magical bits and scales fall down in massive chunks from what was left of the creature with a ticking time bomb until it dies. It seemed that even its neck is now slowly crumbling away leaving the head with little option to breath fire with.
"Now it's up to them to finish things off for us. Can't really say this wasn't a real work out for us," Zobio said after a big stretch.
Half of everyone were panting from the amount of energy they've used in this fight or even watching the rest of their results come into fruition. Big and Cream would notice what used to glow on their body was no more, which would be the case for their resting allies.
"Oh no, our power is gone. Hopefully this wouldn't affect Sonic as well or else we will never free her from that dragon's head," Amy said after checking her appearance.
Even Selvaria could feel this temporary boost for her was gone as did Ramirez knowing it wasn't going to last long enough to begin with. Even Gamma could check his systems to know this magic source no longer has full control of him anymore.
"Sorry guys, that's all I can do. All that's left is to hope it doesn't run out for them," Princess Sora said nervously.
It wasn't until both Isaac and Fei Rin would bust out of the deck's entrance with some help in the form of a recovered Segata Sanshiro, Schezo, Ai Rin, and Mei Rin the KapuKapu.
"Well aren't you guys late to the party. But we have bigger things to talk about," Phantom R said.
The both sisters caught up with the group to see how things were going with the dragon, the silver haired boy being shocked by the appearance of the headless dragon above them.
"There she is! And it appears you already made short work of her," he exclaims.
Fei Rin could tell this was over noticing how much weaker the dragon is getting without a head or neck to fully support it, or even magic for that matter. She is glad that this could only mean it was time for her sister, her real sister to come back and forget all destructive thoughts from her.
"Rin Rin! Listen to me! This is not the sister that I grew to love. You know better that to come back to that ugly beast for help! You can grow stronger on your own and not depend on it any more!" she yells.
One slit pupil of the massive head looks down to see the young female assassin calling to her. Hearing this familiar voice was enough for it to leave it open for the onslaught of violent attacks the Zeti and two hedgehogs had for her. It could only vaguely remember the terrible things it did the first time it was awakened. From the way it killed countless people in Rin Rin's old village to the fact it ruined her own sister's life by killing her first love.
"That's right, just forget about the past and move on to the future! Can't you see you are only making things worse by acting on your own impulses? The Legion is nothing more that a bunch of manipulators that use us like we are their own personal tools! I am safe and so is Isaac. I want to go back the way we were as close siblings and not vying for who can kill the most. Please, come back to me Rin Rin!" she cried.
Those last words and seeing her tears were enough to make the creature cry, having a downpour of tears rolling from its house sized eyes. Even the heroes would be moved to see that it is willing to give up its own life just to make one sister happy. Cream would be the first to cry being the emotional individual she is.
"Now, let's end this!" Sonic called.
He spins one last time for a powerful Light Speed Dash with Shadow preparing another stronger Chaos Spear. Zavok on the other hand charges a stronger version of his Fireball Storm for the gigantic crying head that still lived before him.
"Get ready to finally destroy this thing. Things are about to get messy from here," he with his intense eyes on the prize.
"Just remember, I will always love you as my sister no matter what happens. And I'm glad that I can have a second chance being with you after that man killed you the first time. I just hope that you can be redeemed and we can fight for our lives together," she said with a completely tear soaked face.
Isaac can now see how dearly she cares about her own family knowing that it was there with him all along. Being able to hear this with his own ears as the dragon face its final strike was a real treat. Sonic charges at the head soon as both Zavok and Shadow fires at it with their remaining strength. This would result in a massive sonic boom that explodes in the faces of the heroes and the Delphinus itself. Ai Rin made sure to grab the KapuKapu in time before he was blown away by the powerful impact. Everyone stands their ground and shielded their eyes from the bright explosion that occurred near them. Inside the ship, Toejam and the remaining heroes were tossed against the floor or walls of the meeting room from this phenomenon. Joe made sure to catch some of the women like Electra and Honey before they slammed. BD Joe made sure to hold on to Columns the whole time for safety, leading to the latter's embarrassment. The large blue ship tipping was a sign for Atolm to rise on Azels' commander before the two were squished by this. Marie and Athena also felt this sudden shake on their end in the training room.
"My goodness, what is going on out there," the young girl said.
"I think you should be more focused on what is happening between the two of them," Athena said while pointing.
Both Britney and Derrick were fallen on top of one another from their extra running laps. The two were out cold from the sudden shock and a little fatigue from their extra practice.
"Britney! Derrick! Guys! Get up, this isn't funny!"
The two bystanders were now witnessing what could be the last of their fellow stowaways.
How can you guys feel about how fast that went? Thank my dedication for that and the Switch hype giving me something to do. That being said, you all can look forward to the next chapter soon. Until then, we will know what became of those two college kids and Rin Rin as well.
